Constitutional law worksheet with answers

In the UK, the royal prerogative is:

1. AA set of powers conferred on the Prime Minister by the Constitutional Reform Act
2. BThe monarch's personal right to veto any Act
3. CThe right of judges to overrule Parliament
4. DA set of powers of the Crown recognised by common law, not created by statute

Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the House of Lords can generally delay most public bills passed by the Commons for about:

1. AOne year
2. BOne week
3. CAs long as it wishes
4. DFive years

A "rigid" constitution is one that:

1. ACan never be amended at all
2. BIs enforced strictly by the army
3. CCan be changed by an ordinary Act
4. DCan be amended only by a special procedure

To bring a claim for judicial review in England and Wales, the claimant must have:

1. APermission from the minister
2. BA contract with the public body
3. CA sufficient interest in the matter
4. DSuffered financial loss

Under Porter v Magill, the test for apparent bias asks whether:

1. AThe claimant personally and reasonably believed that the decision-maker had been biased against them
2. BThe decision-maker was actually biased
3. CThe decision-maker had ever met any party
4. DA fair-minded and informed observer would conclude there was a real possibility of bias

In Dudgeon v UK, the European Court of Human Rights held that criminalising consensual homosexual acts between adult men in Northern Ireland:

1. AWas justified under Article 8(2) as necessary to protect public morals
2. BViolated the right to respect for private life under Article 8
3. CViolated only the right to marry
4. DWas outside the scope of the Convention

In the Case of Proclamations (1610), the court held that the King:

1. ACould suspend Acts of Parliament
2. BCould change any law by proclamation
3. CCould not create new offences by proclamation
4. DCould dismiss judges who disagreed

The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 changed the office of Lord Chancellor so that:

1. AThe Lord Chief Justice, not the Lord Chancellor, is head of the judiciary in England and Wales
2. BThe Lord Chancellor became President of the Supreme Court and head of the judiciary in England
3. CThe Lord Chancellor gained power to dismiss judges
4. DThe office was abolished completely